Author Archives: Taylor MacPherson

8:30 - This year's crime stats are out from Statistics Canada, who publishes an annual Crime Severity Index comparing the crime rates across Canada. Do we still live in the heart of crime country? Sho...

8:30 - Powerful storms tore through Saskatchewan over the weekend, causing havoc at Craven and tearing the roofs from buildings and toppling campers in the Town of Eston, southwest of Saskatoon. Funne...

8:30 - The Council of the Federation continues today as provincial and territorial leaders meet in Saskatoon. Many of the conservative premiers are working to present a united front against the federa...

8:30 - Premier Scott Moe joins John for an update on the Council of the Federation - the meeting of Canada's provincial and territorial leaders currently happening in Saskatoon. Yesterday the premiers...

8:30 - Saskatchewan's 22nd Lieutenant-Governor W. Thomas Molloy passed away last week while in office, following a battle against pancreatic cancer. Flags around the province were lowered to half-mast...

8:30 - Zurich Insurance Group, a Geneva-based financial company, recently made the decision to avoid investment in Canadian oilsands. Cody Battershill, founder of CanadaAction.ca, says they're the lat...

8:30 - Twenty-two construction electricians had their certificates suspended by the Sask. Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission for academic misconduct that took place at the Moose Jaw cam...

8:30 - Five people resigned from the Huskie Athletics board last week in frustration, saying the board didn't have enough influence over the direction of Huskie Athletics at the U of S and comparing t...

8:30 - Last week we learned the provincial government is going to stop maintaining nine rest stops on Saskatchewan's highways, leaving truckers and motorists with fewer places to safely pull off the r...

8:30 - Regina MP and Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale proposed restarting an old water project in Saskatchewan during the Prairie Water Summit in Regina this week. The project would creat...